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and later wife of Reinauld I, Count of Guelders. She was the daughter of

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and his second wife Isabelle of Luxembourg. In 1281, King

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started negotiating with the Count of Flanders, about the marriage of the Count's daughter Margaret to the Prince Alexander. The couple were married on 14 November 1282 at

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, Scotland and the marriage was celebrated the following day. Prince Alexander died a week after his twentieth birthday, on 28 January 1284. Margaret returned to

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early in 1285.Reid, Norman H. (2019). ''Alexander III, 1249 -1286: First Among Equals'', John Donald, Edinburgh, p. 258, On 3 July 1286, Margaret was married to Reinauld I, Count of Guelders, in

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. They had six children, Reginald II, Margaret, Guy, Philippe, Elisabeth and Philippa.

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